Sentence examples for authorities was not from inspiring English sources

If dealing with the authorities was not enough, protest supporters also had to contend with one another.

Yet half the time the difficulty for the authorities was not in finding men, but in holding them back.

Young Yoo, 30, the son of Chinese immigrants, said it was unfair to brand the housekeeper a liar, even if what she told immigration authorities was not accurate.

The response of the authorities was not one of addressing their difficulties and needs, but of branding many of them as "educationally subnormal", and then dispatching them to ESN schools.

A spokesman for Mrs Miller denied that she had changed her second home designation in order to avoid having to sign the declaration, pointing out that the first of three letters from parliamentary authorities was not sent until May 2009, and she stopped claiming all accommodation allowances in April that year.

He emphasised the fact that this action on the part of the authorities was not in any way attendant upon the result of this race, but was the natural culmination of continuous investigation and methodical application of the improvements in the technique of aeronautics to air transport problems.

Still, Smith's battle with Chicago authorities wasn't over.

American authorities were not informed.

The authorities were not amused.

Again the authorities were not pleased.

The Honduran authorities were not much help.